The most common authentic materials applied to advanced Intensive English II courses in the teaching English major at the Foreign Language Department of the School of Arts and Sciences of the University of El Salvador, Semester I-2016

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2016-12-01

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Authentic materials are among the most important tools that a teacher can and must use in order to make the process of teaching go smoothly and effective in transmitting the necessary knowledge to all students. In order to know which are the most common authentic materials applied to Advance Intensive English II courses, the least common and how often are they used, the researchers conducted the research project: "THE MOST COMMON AUTHENTIC MATERIALS APPLIED TO ADVANCED INTENSIVE ENGLISH II COURSES IN THE TEACHING ENGLISH MAJOR AT THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT OF THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EL SALVADOR, SEMESTER I-2016". The researchers designed two tools, a questionnaire and observation classes in order to identify the type of authentic materials used by teachers to improve the Teaching-Learning Process for students in the previous mentioned levels in the department. To identify the type of authentic materials used and the frequency of usage of this materials, students who used of these resources to improve their learning completed a survey questionnaire for the purpose of this study, the researchers performed an observation checklist to confirm the results gathered about the authentic materials applied in advanced intensive English II courses used not only to improve the Teaching-Learning process, but also to expose students into a real context . With all this information, the researchers organized the data in tables and represented it in graphs that facilitated the analysis and final interpretation of the results. At the end, the researchers provided conclusions and recommendations about which are the most common materials applied and importance of the use of authentic materials stated above bring to the English level process in order to expose students into a better way to improve their learning process and their major skills.

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Enseñanza del idioma inglés

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